The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-15

in We hands Of the banks and thfy are Sc
| curs by tins mode. There is one thing GER
| tiyn that this block is hurting trade in ouI
| cIty to fearful extent, and something must
| fe done at once, as it is not only hurtful tc
Trade but rs keeping a great dead OF cotton
from coming TO the city. The blame lies
somewhere and something must be done.
a most distressing accident occurred four
! miles south Of Dalton Saturday. C. NJ
Phelps who moved to the county from Nir-
ginia, few years since, lives there, and the
! Western and Atlantic and the East Tennes-
see railroads run parallel The residence of
Mr., Phelps is on the west side, his barn and
stables on the east His litte 13-year-old
son had been TO the barn, and returning,
was awaiting the passage Of north bound
! freight train on the Western and Atlantic
road. So soon as it passed, with joyful
spring of childhood, he darted across the
track and to the side of the East Tennessee
track just as another freight on that road
came thunde!Ing along southwark, the cross
beam OF the pilot of the enhne striking him
on the neck, broke it, and hurled his lifeless
body several yards into the air This oc-
Cured within fifty feet of the house.
AT Albany Saturday night a white man
from Worth county made a fOrcible en-
trance into the room of q negro woman,
OOotpAlltG l'dNiS ny udIDe. anu ItI le-
fusing TO admit him draw pistol, remark
ing that he had killed one niger and would
kill more if they resisted him. The women
In the adjoining room went after the police,
and Officers Brooks and Kemps responded.
The house is on the lot corner of Washing
ton and Pine streets, and easy of access
The man was found sitting upon a mattress
on the floor. Aftera short parley with the
officers lIe drew his pistol from beneath the
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Use it upon them As he rose Officer Brooks
felled him with a blow from his billy and
as he attempted to regain his feet placed his
clippers upon his wrists, secured his revolver
and marched him off to jail. He was tried
before the Mayors Court, fined, and bound
over in the sum of 500 to appear before
the County Court at its next session. Mr.
Ford, upon one of whose plantations he is
manager, gave bond for his appearance.
A story told by the Dahlonega Signal has
created Indignation there On the side of
the mountain, near Porter Springs, lived
two old women, one the mother and the
other the sister of William Spencer, a we'll
to-dOman of the county. He had refused
to care for them and they were paupels
upon the county, being cared for by a young
girl who lived with them in that lonely
placed. Old Mrs. Spencer, aged about IS,
IS paralyZed and cannot move from a seat.
Mrs. Eliza Cain, who was her daughter
aged about 80. was subject to eDileptic fits,
and had several times before this fell into
the fire, ana would have burned to death
had not some one been present to save her.
Mrs Cain went down to the wash
place ON a small shallow branch, to
try TO do some washing She APP
peared to be in good health,
and the young girl who stays with the two
old women went over TO neighbours house
for a short while. A young man happened
to pass along the narrow trail, and TO bis
horror saw her lying in the branch dead
He lifted her out, and the neighbors were
notified but it was no use. She was mem
Der of the church, and always bore q spot
less reputation. Deserted by her brother,
who was able TO take care of her, n pauper
upon the county on the pitiable sum Of AZ 80
a month, it is likely that she courted death
in preference to her existence in such a
state
At Atlanta the report of the Legislative
Committee on the charges made against the
state asylum management has been made
public. The charges had been preferred by
DIR. kenan, member of the Legislature
and formerly physician of the asylum. The
committee clears the ASYLUM managers of
blame, but is severe on Kenan. The report
says: 1--WE find that the trustees discharged
III. htldf, itlb DIst dSNlStAUJ tlAN ht'INll bl
this institution. for sufficient causes, and we
indorse their action If the evidence before
us is credible he was not suitable person
for so important trust. From the evidence
submitted with the report we gather
the following: Or. Mark johnson testi-
fled in answer TO the question: You
say that there were serious charges against
DR.. kenan as an officer of the institution
and as a man; and the charges were so Sc
riouS that the committee reported him tn the
Board OF TruSteesn The charges were so
serious that his friends were unwilling to
attack Them and the matter was turned
over to the Board of Trustees, and they dis
charged him at the first meet ng thereafter
My committee, after examining the evil
dence. entertained hut one opinion as to his
being guilty of criminal intimacy with some
of the attendants. | supported him in the
race for the Legislature because he was an
observation-disclosures. | did not know quite
as much about him then as | do now J. ID.
Case testified that DR.. Kenan's character
was bad beyond question, and that if he had
any object to attain he would not hesitate
to tell lie.n